Encounter with tbe Michigan Highway Patrol
Rolling north on I-94 northbound out of Indiana bound for Plainwell MI, heavy rain but light traffic. Potholes (as in large enough to swallow a VW), especially along the right lane where I travel at ...
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Interesting story
1: I=94 runs east and west till you get to the far east end (East of Detroit) Indiana is under the WESTERN half of MI.
Second Michigan does not have a Highway Patrol,,, Though the Detroit freeway post has been called that from time to time.. Michigan has the Michigan State Police....
So this story a few pot holes in it as well....
HOWEVER.. a couple things it got right.
You must be 21 to enter the MSP academy, which is you you get your badge, You do not need a criminal degree and any other police training is well, not going to get you your badge,, All troopers go to MSP school (Academy) just west of Lansing (Diamondale).
Second: Of all the police I have ever dealt with the MICHIGAN STATE POLICE rate #1 in courtesy and professionalism. The only agency I'd mark as their equal (None better) is the Lansing, MI Police, and they are trained at the very same Michigan State Police academy to the same standards.
So he got the last line right, "Nice to see that they are cautious AND corteous"
Yes they are, in fact, the department training and screening are among the best if not the best in the country. MSP washouts often get jobs with lesser departments.
1: I=94 runs east and west till you get to the far east end (East of Detroit) Indiana is under the WESTERN half of MI.
Second Michigan does not have a Highway Patrol,,, Though the Detroit freeway post has been called that from time to time.. Michigan has the Michigan State Police....
So this story a few pot holes in it as well....
HOWEVER.. a couple things it got right.
You must be 21 to enter the MSP academy, which is you you get your badge, You do not need a criminal degree and any other police training is well, not going to get you your badge,, All troopers go to MSP school (Academy) just west of Lansing (Diamondale).
Second: Of all the police I have ever dealt with the MICHIGAN STATE POLICE rate #1 in courtesy and professionalism. The only agency I'd mark as their equal (None better) is the Lansing, MI Police, and they are trained at the very same Michigan State Police academy to the same standards.
So he got the last line right, "Nice to see that they are cautious AND corteous"
Yes they are, in fact, the department training and screening are among the best if not the best in the country. MSP washouts often get jobs with lesser departments.
